Eviota santanai

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Eviota santanai
Systematics
Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order : Gobies (Gobiiformes)
Family : Gobies (Gobiidae)
Genre : Eviota
Type : Eviota santanai
Scientific name
Eviota santanai
Greenfield & Erdmann , 2013

Eviota santanai is a very small sea fish from the family of goby (Gobiidae). It was only in December 2013. described and is so far only from the north coast of East Timor from the area of Nino Konis Santana National Park known. Eviota santanai was named in honor of Nino Konis Santana , a fighter for the national independence of the country, which was occupied by Indonesia for a long time.

features

The four specimens of Eviota santanai examined for the first description had body lengths of 10.7 to 12.8 millimeters and, like all Eviota species, a moderately elongated body with a rounded head profile. Eviota santanai has a whitish-transparent head and body, as well as six pink to mauve-colored, vertical stripes on the sides of the body, the first two of which are the widest. The body is covered with comb scales. The head, neck and pectoral fin bases are scaly. The breast is flaky or has few scales embedded in the skin. In the middle row on the sides of the body there are 24 round scales, in a transverse row seven scales. The triangular dorsal fin is supported by six to seven hard and eight soft rays. In the anal fin there are one hard and eight soft rays. With the exception of the first, all of the dorsal and anal rays are branched. The pectoral fins have 16 rays, some of which are lower branched. The pelvic fins are separate and have one hard and four soft rays. The fifth is missing or only rudimentary and then unbranched. The caudal fin has 17 segmented rays, eleven of which are branched. The mouth is inclined, at an angle of 45 ° to the longitudinal axis of the body. The lower jaw does not protrude. In the upper jaw, the teeth are in two or more rows. In the lower jaw there are one to three curved canines in the innermost row directly behind the lower jaw symphysis . The specimens of Eviota santanai examined for the first description were caught in water depths of five to eight meters.

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